{"id":971,"date":"2025-11-03T17:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=971"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:52:55","slug":"ukraine-receives-patriot-systems-to-bolster-air-defences-against-russia-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=971","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine receives Patriot systems to bolster air defences against Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>President Zelenskyy announces arrival of Patriots amid Russia\u2019s continuous bombing of infrastructure and urban areas.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 3 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">3 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has received more United States-made Patriot air defence systems to help it counter Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The sophisticated Patriot systems are the most effective weapons against Russian missiles that have been used to kill thousands of people in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, launched almost four years ago.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Zelenskyy had pleaded with Western partners to provide more of these systems, but production limitations and the need to maintain stockpiles slowed their delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore Patriots are now in Ukraine and being put into operation,\u201d Zelenskyy posted on social media late on Sunday. \u201cOf course, more systems are needed to protect key infrastructure sites and our cities across the entire territory of our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NATO is coordinating regular deliveries of large weapons packages to Ukraine, with European allies and Canada buying much of the equipment from the US, which has greater stocks of available military material as well as more effective weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is not providing arms to Ukraine as readily as his predecessor, Joe Biden, did.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"latest-attacks\">Latest attacks<\/h2>\n<p>In a late-night attack, Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in Ukraine\u2019s northeastern Sumy region. Two women were also injured in a separate Sumy attack.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight into Monday, Russia launched 12 missiles of various types and 138 strike and decoy drones, Ukraine\u2019s air force said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Russians cynically targeted people \u2013 deliberately, at night, while they were sleeping,\u201d regional head Oleh Hryhorov wrote on Telegram in response to the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Russian missiles started a fire at a business in the central Dnipro region, injuring one man, regional head Vladyslav Haivanenko said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has also targeted Ukraine\u2019s energy supply to deny civilians heat and running water in winter, as well as to disrupt industrial production of Ukraine\u2019s newly developed drones and missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Its drones hit energy infrastructure in the southern Mykolaiv region.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces struck Russia\u2019s Saratov oil refinery overnight and started a fire, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It was Ukraine\u2019s fourth attack on the Saratov installation in almost seven weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The refinery, located some 500km (300 miles) from the border, can process several million metric tonnes of oil annually.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine also said it hit Russian military logistical facilities in the occupied region of Luhansk.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy claimed last week that long-range strikes on Russian refineries have reduced Moscow\u2019s oil refining capacity by 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Russia claimed on Monday that its troops had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Moscow\u2019s forces have been seeking to capture for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry said its soldiers were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian formations near Pokrovsk\u2019s railway station and industrial zone, and had entered the city\u2019s Prigorodny area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Zelenskyy announces arrival of Patriots amid Russia\u2019s continuous bombing of infrastructure and urban areas. 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